Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.

England 1952-53

1951-52 1953-54

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Arsenal 3.872 60 24 12 10 110 68 46 8
2 Blackpool 3.645 60 25 10 14 85 78 49 11
3 Preston North End 3.465 57 22 13 10 92 65 45 15
4 West Bromwich Albion 2.998 55 22 11 14 72 67 47 19
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.766 51 19 13 11 88 68 43 31
6 Charlton Athletic 2.637 49 19 11 13 78 66 43 38
7 Burnley 2.610 53 20 13 13 73 56 46 23
8 Manchester United 2.601 53 21 11 15 81 79 47 27
9 Sheffield United 2.552 63 26 11 8 103 60 45 4
10 Bolton Wanderers 2.472 51 20 11 19 77 80 50 33
11 Huddersfield Town 2.396 60 25 10 9 86 34 44 7
12 Tottenham Hotspur 2.279 53 19 15 17 99 78 51 22
13 Sunderland 2.277 46 16 14 15 71 86 45 53
14 Aston Villa 2.080 48 17 14 16 71 65 47 43
15 Birmingham City 2.012 57 22 13 14 85 73 49 16
16 Luton Town 1.800 57 24 9 13 96 53 46 14
17 Cardiff City 1.789 40 14 12 17 55 49 43 67
18 Middlesbrough 1.774 39 14 11 18 71 80 43 75
19 Newcastle United 1.648 39 15 9 21 65 77 45 77
20 Stoke City 1.532 36 13 10 21 55 68 44 83
21 Chelsea 1.521 43 14 15 20 67 76 49 63
22 Portsmouth 1.481 39 14 11 19 76 87 44 76
23 Manchester City 1.460 38 15 8 22 81 93 45 80
24 Plymouth Argyle 1.450 53 22 9 14 70 62 45 25
25 Liverpool 1.398 36 14 8 21 61 83 43 84
26 Nottingham Forest 1.372 46 19 8 17 79 71 44 49
27 Everton 1.367 46 16 14 17 84 83 47 51
28 Leicester City 1.360 48 18 12 13 91 78 43 42
29 Sheffield Wednesday 1.356 35 12 11 20 63 74 43 85
30 Gateshead 1.345 59 22 15 15 84 63 52 13
31 Oldham Athletic 1.258 63 24 15 10 83 49 49 6
32 Port Vale 1.220 60 21 18 9 69 39 48 9
33 Blackburn Rovers 1.168 44 18 8 17 69 71 43 58
34 Hull City 1.162 38 15 8 21 61 72 44 79
35 Rotherham United 1.161 46 18 10 18 83 80 46 50
36 Derby County 1.132 33 11 11 22 63 79 44 87
37 Wrexham 1.107 60 26 8 15 92 69 49 10
38 Fulham 1.107 44 17 10 16 82 74 43 57
39 Halifax Town 1.093 56 20 16 16 79 76 52 18
40 Leeds United 1.052 43 14 15 14 72 65 43 61
41 Swansea City 1.018 42 15 12 16 78 84 43 64
42 Doncaster Rovers 1.014 40 12 16 15 58 68 43 69
43 Lincoln City 0.986 40 11 18 15 66 74 44 68
44 York City 0.930 53 20 13 14 61 47 47 24
45 West Ham United 0.908 39 13 13 17 59 64 43 74
46 Brentford 0.902 40 14 12 19 62 79 45 71
47 Southport 0.898 53 21 11 16 68 65 48 26
48 Grimsby Town 0.894 56 23 10 16 80 64 49 17
49 Bury 0.888 37 14 9 21 58 88 44 82
50 Notts County 0.876 40 15 10 21 67 94 46 73
51 Tranmere Rovers 0.843 52 23 6 21 77 75 50 30
52 Scunthorpe United 0.834 52 18 16 17 67 60 51 29
53 Southampton 0.826 39 12 15 20 77 91 47 78
54 Bradford Park Avenue 0.809 52 20 12 16 78 64 48 28
55 Bradford City 0.793 49 15 19 15 81 86 49 40
56 Carlisle United 0.771 49 18 13 16 82 69 47 37
57 Mansfield Town 0.762 50 18 14 17 65 63 49 34
58 Stockport County 0.757 51 19 13 17 92 75 49 32
59 Chesterfield 0.738 50 19 12 18 68 67 49 35
60 Crewe Alexandra 0.728 48 20 8 19 70 70 47 44
61 Hartlepool United 0.688 48 17 14 17 59 63 48 45
62 Barrow 0.668 47 17 13 19 71 78 49 48
63 Chester City 0.460 37 11 15 21 64 86 47 81
64 Darlington 0.388 34 14 6 27 60 99 47 86
65 Workington 0.383 32 11 10 26 55 92 47 89
66 Rochdale 0.371 33 14 5 28 63 85 47 88
67 Bristol Rovers 0.334 69 28 13 9 95 49 50 1
68 Millwall 0.332 68 26 16 9 95 49 51 2
69 Northampton Town 0.318 65 27 11 11 111 72 49 3
70 Accrington Stanley 0.317 29 9 11 28 41 92 48 90
71 Barnsley 0.286 20 6 8 30 51 112 44 92
72 Norwich City 0.275 63 26 11 12 102 59 49 5
73 Bristol City 0.253 59 22 15 10 95 63 47 12
74 Walthamstow Avenue 0.249 9 3 3 1 13 11 7 93
75 Watford 0.201 50 16 18 15 66 66 49 36
76 Brighton & Hove Albion 0.189 54 21 12 16 90 80 49 21
77 Coventry City 0.187 54 21 12 16 84 67 49 20
78 Southend United 0.160 49 18 13 16 70 77 47 41
79 Ipswich Town 0.158 48 15 18 19 75 80 52 46
80 Torquay United 0.154 45 18 9 20 88 90 47 55
81 Reading 0.152 47 19 9 20 71 68 48 47
82 Bournemouth 0.150 49 19 11 19 80 76 49 39
83 Shrewsbury Town 0.143 45 15 15 23 83 102 53 56
84 Crystal Palace 0.133 46 16 14 19 71 87 49 54
85 Swindon Town 0.131 44 16 12 21 71 86 49 60
86 Newport County 0.128 46 18 10 21 75 88 49 52
87 Exeter City 0.125 40 13 14 20 62 73 47 70
88 Colchester United 0.124 44 14 16 21 69 83 51 59
89 Leyton Orient 0.119 43 16 11 21 69 75 48 62
90 Aldershot 0.109 40 12 16 20 62 84 48 72
91 Queens Park Rangers 0.102 41 12 17 20 66 90 49 66
92 Gillingham 0.095 42 13 16 20 60 78 49 65
93 Walsall 0.056 24 7 10 30 57 120 47 91
94 Hereford United 0.022 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 95
95 Wimbledon 0.021 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 107
96 Finchley 0.017 4 2 0 1 4 3 3 94
97 Ashton United 0.014 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 102
98 Bath City 0.013 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 100
99 Peterborough United 0.013 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 101
100 Hendon 0.004 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 106
101 Tonbridge Angels 0.004 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 105
102 Leyton 0.004 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 104
103 Weymouth 0.002 1 0 1 1 1 5 2 110
104 Telford United 0.001 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 109
105 Gainsborough Trinity 0 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 96
105 Great Yarmouth Town 0 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 97
105 Llanelli 0 2 1 0 1 7 3 2 98
105 Bishop Auckland 0 2 1 0 1 6 5 2 99
105 Guildford City 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 103
105 Netherfield 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 108
105 Boston United 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 111
105 Horden Colliery Welfare 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 112
105 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 113
105 Bangor City 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 114
105 Leytonstone 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 115
105 North Shields 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 116
105 Yeovil Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 117
105 Beighton Miners Welfare 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 118
105 Selby Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 119
105 Rhyl 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 120
105 Grays Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 121
105 Newport Isle of White 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 122
105 Ashington 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 123
105 Scarborough 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 124

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Includes league matches and play-offs from the top tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.